Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Robert D. Foster, MD

Individual provider Plastic Surgery Physician · NPI 1295791648

Dr. Robert D. Foster, MD practises Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in San Francisco, California. Qualified in 1990, 36 years ago. Practices with UCSF Dept of Surgery, a 211-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
36
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

400 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143-2202 Not confirmed with CMS for 18 years — call before visiting
Phone: (415) 476-9238
Fax: (415) 476-9241
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Specialties & licences

Plastic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208200000X · Licence G81405 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1295791648
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 25, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 15, 2008

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1990 (36 years in practice)
Group practice Ucsf Dept Of Surgery — 211 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Mastectomy 16 times · 73rd percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 17 times · 72nd percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients55
Services billed 181 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at UCSF Dept of Surgery

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 211 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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